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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 08-23-2011 - 5mORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGEND~t-ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 23; 2011 Action Agenda Item No. ~- rY1 SUBJECT: Ratification of Manager-Approved Agreement DEPARTMENT: Manager's Office PUBLIC HEARING: (YtN) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Clifton, County Manager, (919} 245-2306 John Roberts, County Attorney, (919)- 245=2318 PURPOSE: To ratify a grant agreement approved by the Manager over the summer break. BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners has delegated approval and signature authority for agreements, contracts and grants to the County Manager in amounts up to $250,000 for construction contracts and up to $90,000 for general contracts and agreements. However, the Board of Commissioners has determined that only the- Board may approve and sign agreements, contracts and grants with other governmental entities regardless of amount. During the Board of Commissioners' summer break, the 2011 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant ("JAG") program award to Orange County and the Town of Chapel Hill in the amount of $15,122 approached approval deadlines. With the Board of Commissioners unavailable,. the Manager, after consulting with the County Attorney, approved and signed the grant agreement. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The full amount of the JAG is $15,122. Of this amount, $6,048 is to be allocated to Orange County. The remainder,- $9,074, will be allocated to the Town of Chapel Hill. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board ratify the Manager's approval of the JAG.